The Relationships of SNS Use, Social Achievement Goals, and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Korean College Students
Boreum Kim,
Minjeong Rho
Abstract:Social networking sites (SNS) provide efficient communication. However, SNS use sometimes risks a user’s life satisfaction. Based on the prior findings that one’s social orientation influences the impact of SNS use on life satisfaction, this study examined the pathways to explain how SNS use affects individuals’ life satisfaction through social achievement goals. A main path model and two gender-specified path models were tested using 438 Korean college student samples. The results showed that social developme… Show more
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